... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 1 16 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Our Creed Restated.-- I suppose I share with thousands of thinking Englishmen a sense of frus tration and muddle as a result of the many, diverse, semi-official voices which for ever tell us what we should think and do and believe in these times of crisis. It seems to me very necessary to restate our essential creed and define our ...

... A DIFFERENT KIND OF PICTURE FROM TOBRUK The garrison have sweltered in the burning heat of the Western Desert by day, but now it would seem as if the weather at Tobruk is changing. This picture was taken after a very heavy rainstorm which occurred a short while ago. It followed on a sandstorm which had lasted all day. The water came rushing down the wadis and flooded many of the tents. Kit and ...

... MEMBERS OF THE HOME GUARD DEMONSTRATE HOW THE BRITISH-MADE SNOWSHOES FOR RUSSIA ARE WORN At a factory in Britain hundreds of thousands of pairs of snowshoas are now being turned out for despatch to Russia, to help the Soviet Army in its winter campaign. The shoes are rather like large tennis-rackets, with a short ski attached to the underside. They are made of stout ash wood THE FIRST MINERS ...

... The LOSS of ARK ROYAL 'THE £3,250,000 Ark Royal was hit by a U-boat torpedo in the Western Mediterranean on November 13. But for fourteen hours she managed to struggle towards port, and only sank when within 25 miles of safety. According to the report of an eye-witness, it was just as we were preparing for the' final run into the docks at Gibraltar that someone put his head round the door of ...

... What are the Facts Behind the Isolationist Movement in the United States; How Strong is the Movement And what Measure of Support Does it Receive from the American Nation By FERDINAND TUOHY OFFICIAL tact does not alter the fact that many people in this country are critical of the American lag in war effort. A year after declaring itself to be the arsenal of democracy, only 15 per cent, of total ...

... m 4 v ANNIE'S TUGBOAT, IN SERVICE ONCE AGAIN, has saved thousands of tons of British shipping This is the vessel on which Wallace Beery and Marie Dressier made their films, and which is now being operated by the Admiralty. (See notes on right) ONE OF THE BOOM-DEFENCE VESSELS which guard the harbours of Britain Men who are used to handling fishing gear in peacetime are particu larly suited to ...

... THE AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS OF THE U.S.A. I With Particular Reference to the Newly- Commissioned Hornet. By FRANK C. BOWEN THE aircraft-carriers form a particularly important branch of the U.S. Navy and, moreover, it is a branch which has unlimited possibilities if the Japanese Government choose to extend the war into the Pacific. The Japanese public has been regaled with any number of propaganda ...

... SUPPLIES into RUSSIA BY WAY OF IRAN How Vital Materials to our Ally will be Sent by the Trans-Iranian Railway WHILST other ways and means are being discussed of sending aid to our Russian ally, work is proceeding on the scheme whereby the Trans-Iranian Railway can be vastly improved to carry an enormous volume of traffic direct into Soviet territory. Already much valuable material is passing ...

... J7or several months past, American-built Catalina flying-boats have been patrolling the Indian Ocean and China Seas, operating from bases in the Far East- Their work takes them on long-distance patrols, from the civilisation and modernity of Singapore to sparsely-inhabited islands of the Southern Indian Ocean. Their watch for enemy raiders and submarines is ceaseless and very little of ...

... THE FOUNDRY IN WHICH THE BOMB-CASINGS TAKE SHAPE The labourers here are men, although great numbers of women are employed in the factory on other operations during the manufacture of the bombs ON THE BOMB-PRODUCTION LINE The casings are machined hydraulic presses have hollowed out the billet and squeezed it out to twice its original length. Before the tail is shaped, the inside of the casing ...

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... Leningrad, Moscow and the Crimea, where Three Separate Soviet Armies are Fighting Manfully Against Terrific German Pressure Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams In the Gulf of Finland, at the eastward end of the Baltic, ice begins to form as a general rule at the end of October or beginning of November, and it remains until May or early June. Whilst the ice is forming, ice breakers can keep ...